The difference between the current Human Footprint and the 2040 Future Human Footprint North Central Lakes Rapid Growth Scenario

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Two Countries, One Forest (2c1Forest)

Publication_Date: November 2007

Title:

The difference between the current Human Footprint and the 2040 Future Human Footprint North Central Lakes Rapid Growth Scenario

Edition: Version 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

Copyright © 2007 Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest). All rights reserved

Online_Linkage: www.2c1forest.org

Description:

Abstract:

The difference maps of the Future Human Footprint (FHF) and Current Human Footprint (CHF) of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion portray the differences that may accumulate over time under each scenario. Please see metadata for the CHF and each FHF in order to understand how those layers are made. This difference map portrays the potential change over time - relative to the CHF - modeled by the "Rapid Influx B: North Central Lakes Scenario" Future Human Footprint.

The map is created by subtracting the current human footprint from the scenario modeled Future Human Footprint.

Purpose:

To provide a map that illustrates the extent and relative intensity of differences in human influence (or impact) on the lands surface in the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion between the Current Human Footprint and a modeled Future Human Footprint, at a resolution of 90m for landuse and conservation planning purposes.

Supplemental_Information:

Methodology adapted from that developed by Sanderson et al (2002) to map the Human Footprint of the globe at a resolution of 1km square. <http://www.wcs.org/humanfootprint>. Future road components derived from methodology described in Baldwin et al. (2007). Amenity development described in paper on risk to undeveloped lakeshores (Baldwin and Trombulak, in revision).

Baldwin, R. F., S. C. Trombulak, M. G. Anderson, and G. Woolmer. 2007. Projecting transition probabilities for regular public roads at the ecoregion scale: a Northern Appalachian/Acadian case study. Landscape and Urban Planning 80:404-411.

Baldwin, R.F. and S. Trombulak. In Revision. Anticipating habitat conversion in unsettled landscapes: a screening model for lakeshores in the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion. Landscape and Urban Planning.

Sanderson, E. W., M. Jaiteh, M. A. Levy, K. H. Redford, A. V. Wannebo, and G. Woolmer. 2002. The human footprint and the last of the wild. Bioscience 52:891-904.

Project Collaborators:

Stephen C. Trombulak - Middlebury College Gillian Woolmer - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Justina C. Ray - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Karen Beazley - Dalhousie University, Canada Conrad Reining - The Wildlands Project, VT, USA Mark Anderson - The Nature Conservancy, USA Graham Forbes - University of New Brunswick, Canada Eric W. Sanderson - Wildlife Conservation Society

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: November 2007

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:

Publication process will entail revision to meet reviewer comments; some aspects already peer reviewed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.085138

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -58.612976

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.431304

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.685261

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Future Human Footprint

Theme_Keyword: human influence

Theme_Keyword: human impact

Place:

Place_Keyword: Northern Appalachian Ecoregion

Place_Keyword: Quebec

Place_Keyword: New Brunswick

Place_Keyword: Prince Edward Island

Place_Keyword: Nova Scotia

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: Vermont

Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: Northeast U.S.

Place_Keyword: Northest Canada

Place_Keyword: Maritime Canada

Place_Keyword: Northern Forest

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: Decadal

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest) created this data set from the manipulation, analysis, and/or synthesis of publicly available data sources. 2C1Forest allows copying and distribution of this data set. Commercial use of this data set is prohibited. This data set must be cited on all electronic and hard copy products using the language of the Data Set Credit.

Because of the assumptions inherent in scenario modeling, these data should not be used without a thorough understanding of how they were produced. This understand may be obtained by (a) contacting the author (see contact information), or (b) reading and citing peer reviewed literature in which these data are used (published, in revision, or in review). Use for research intended for peer reviewed publication should involve consultation and/or collaboration with the author (s).

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Robert Baldwin

Contact_Organization: Two Countries, One Forest

Contact_Position: Research Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 6151 Allan St.

City: Halifax

State_or_Province: Nova Scotia

Postal_Code: B3L 1G7

Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 865-642-7137

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: robert.baldwin@2c1forest.org

Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm EST

Data_Set_Credit: Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest), 2007

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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324

Data_Quality_Information:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

No formal accuracy report has been assembled for this dataset. Input data sources range widely in their resolution and accuracy from 1:15,000 to 1:1,000,000.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:50,000 - 1:100,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Urban Areas

Source_Contribution:

USA: Census 2000 Tiger/Line Files - Urbanized Areas. 1:100,000 Canada: Cartographic Boundary Files 2001 Census, Statistics Canada - Urban Areas. 1:50,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:50,000 - 1:100,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Roads

Source_Contribution:

USA: Census 2000 Tiger/Line Files. 1:100,000 Canada: CanMap Route Logistics V8.2, DMTI Spatial 1:50,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:50,000 - 100,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Rail

Source_Contribution:

USA: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Rail Network 1:100,000 Canada: CanMap Rail V8.2, DMTI Spatial, 1:50,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:10,000 - 1:50,000

Type_of_Source_Media:

Collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Eastern Resource Office

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Landuse/landcover

Source_Contribution:

New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts: USGS, National Land Cover Dataset (NLDC). 1992. 30 m resolution Maine: USGS GAP Analysis Program. 1993. 30 m resolution Quebec: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. 30m resolution New Brunswick: Department of Natural Resources & Environment. 1:10,000 Nova Scotia: Department of Natural Resources, Ecosystem Management Group. 1:10,000 PEI: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Forestry. 1:10,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:50,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Large Dams

Source_Contribution:

USA: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National inventory of dams (NID), 2005 (scale unknown) Canada: Canadian Dam Association, 2003. Locations digitized using 1:50,000 topographic maps (www.etopo.ca)

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:250,000 - 1:1,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Watersheds

Source_Contribution:

USA: USGS, 1:250,000 scale Hydrologic Units of the United States (HUC8), 1994 Canada: Atlas of Canada National Frameworks - Drainage Areas (2003). National Resources Canada 1:1,000,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: WWF Canada

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mine sites

Source_Contribution:

USA: USGS Mineral and Metal Operations, 1998 (scale unknown) Canada: Principal Mineral Areas of Canada - Map 900A, Natural Resources Canada. 2003. 1:6,000,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:1,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Utility Corridors

Source_Contribution:

USA and Canada: NIMA Vector Map Level 0 Edition 5, 2000. 1:1,000,000

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media:

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Eastern Conservation Science, 2005

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Ecological Subregions (subunits)

Source_Contribution:

A regionalization that classifies the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion into distinct areas of increasingly uniform ecological potentials. The Biophysical Area types are mapped based on associations of those biotic and environmental factors that directly affect or indirectly express energy, moisture, and nutrient gradients which regulate the structure and function of ecosystems. These factors include climate, physiography, water, soils, air, hydrology, and potential natural communities.

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Process_Description: Metadata imported.

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Address: Suite 600, 720 Spadina Ave

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Distribution_Liability:

Neither Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest) or its employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied, as to the use or appropriateness of use of the enclosed data, nor are there warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use. No representation is made as to the currency, accuracy or completeness of this information or of the data sources on which it is based. Neither the 2c1Forest or its employees shall be liable for any lost profits or consequential damages, or claims against the user by third parties.

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